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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in St. Charles

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 53 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+0.2% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
St. Charles 18,498
Illinois 6.6M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The series at a glance St. Charles · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 18,498 · 2025
First value 12,694 · 1990
Highest 19,266 · 2007
Lowest 12,694 · 1990
Average change +1.1% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSt. CharlesChange Illinois
2025 18,498 −1.2% 6.6M
2024 18,720 +1.7% 6.6M
2023 18,407 +0.9% 6.5M
2022 18,241 +1.4% 6.5M
2021 17,991 +0.0% 6.4M
2020 17,987 −5.5% 6.3M
2019 19,032 −0.4% 6.5M
2018 19,111 +2.4% 6.6M
2017 18,670 −0.8% 6.6M
2016 18,827 +2.0% 6.6M
2015 18,457 +0.8% 6.6M
2014 18,316 +0.3% 6.6M
2013 18,258 −2.7% 6.6M
2012 18,762 −0.4% 6.6M
2011 18,838 +0.8% 6.6M
2010 18,680 −1.1% 6.6M
2009 18,884 −1.6% 6.6M
2008 19,187 −0.4% 6.6M
2007 19,266 +2.3% 6.6M
2006 18,841 +2.0% 6.5M
2005 18,476 +0.4% 6.4M
2004 18,408 +1.6% 6.3M
2003 18,117 +2.5% 6.3M
2002 17,675 +1.0% 6.3M
2001 17,502 +3.0% 6.4M
2000 16,989 +2.3% 6.5M
1999 16,602 +5.0% 6.5M
1998 15,812 +3.7% 6.3M
1997 15,244 −0.1% 6.3M
1996 15,260 +3.0% 6.2M
1995 14,821 +8.3% 6.2M
1994 13,682 +1.2% 6.1M
1993 13,518 +2.6% 6.1M
1992 13,179 +2.8% 6M
1991 12,818 +1.0% 5.9M
1990 12,694 5.9M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
47 Addison 19,339
57 Algonquin 16,725
81 Alton 12,242
15 Arlington Heights 38,464
2 Aurora 93,494
33 Bartlett 22,555
71 Batavia 13,896
38 Belleville 21,386
75 Belvidere 13,292
21 Berwyn 29,406
11 Bloomington 40,461
14 Bolingbrook 39,298
31 Buffalo Grove 23,060
72 Burbank 13,704
96 Carbondale 10,133
39 Carol Stream 21,179
45 Carpentersville 20,083
10 Champaign 44,952
1 Chicago 1.4M
90 Chicago Heights 11,378
13 Cicero 39,759
77 Collinsville 13,202
41 Crystal Lake 21,045
89 Danville 11,408
44 DeKalb 20,112
…
12 Schaumburg 40,036
18 Skokie 31,988
7 Springfield 53,411
52 St. Charles 17,987
40 Streamwood 21,172
22 Tinley Park 28,087
43 Urbana 20,162
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.